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The National Wins Gemini Source: www.thestar.com - The Canadian Press (October 20, 2008) The National, The Fifth Estate and Hockey Night in 
Canada were among the leading winners at the
Gemini Awards
on Monday, when each of the CBC programs snagged three trophies
at a gala event celebrating the best in television news, sports
and documentary.The National was named best newscast, and took trophies for best reportage – for Adrienne Arsenault, Erin Boudreau and Richard Devey – and best news magazine segment for "Moshe and Munir," about the unlikely friendship between a Palestinian and an Israeli. The Fifth Estate was singled out for best information series and best picture editing (for Ari Lev, Brian Mulroney: The Unauthorized Chapter), while Hana Gartner won for best host or interviewer. Hockey Night in Canada was named best live sporting event for coverage of its annual outdoor game (Sherali Najak, Brian Spear, Doug Walton). It also won best sports feature segment for Inside Hockey: The Aud, while late commentator Don Wittman took best play-by-play announcer. Other winners included: -TSN's coverage of the IIHF World Junior Hockey Gold Final: Canada vs. Sweden, which saw Pierre McGuire named best game analyst and Bob McKenzie best studio analyst - TVO's Diamond Road for best documentary series - CTV's Confessions of an Innocent Man, named best biography documentary program for its account of the confinement and torture of William Sampson, a Canadian and British duel citizen accused of orchestrating a car bombing in a Saudi Arabia In June 2006, CTV News announced it would no longer participate in the Gemini Awards, saying the time involved in preparing entries for the prizes was not worth the trouble. The Gemini gala for lifestyle, children's and youth winners will be held Tuesday and the gala for drama, variety and comedy will follow on Wednesday. The main Gemini show is to be held in Toronto on Nov. 28. |
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